Carey Bros. Remodeling sees immediate 15% increase in project profitability
After investigating 21 areas of Carey Bros.' business, Ascent's Operational Assessment lead to direct increases in profitability and productivity.
Location: Brentwood, CA
For over 40 years, Carey Bros. Remodeling has served the Bay Area homeowners through three generations of home improvement.
Annual Revenue: ~$4M+
"Adam, Greg, Carolyn, and everyone at Ascent Consulting have helped us create processes, roles, responsibilities, develop budgets, best practices, and things we never thought were possible"
James Carey
Co-Owner
Operational Assessment
Our expert construction business consultants have helped dozens of construction companies to improve performance and profits. We’ve developed a proprietary Comprehensive Operational Assessment based on our first-hand experience working with growing Construction Companies.
Assessing and transforming Carey Bros. operations
Ascent evaluated the business, identified areas where improvements could be made, and recommended several changes to help Carey Bros. Remodeling to best meet its goals.
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A new bonus incentive program
Ascent created a bonus incentive program that rewarded employees for performance above expectations and meeting specific milestones or goals set by management.
“Living proof that you can teach old dogs new tricks. We've refined our operations, we've created processes, we've taken things out of our heads and put them on paper.”
James Carey
Co-Owner
40%
Increase in projected gross margin
15%
Immediate increase in project profitability
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Team members trained on the new Procore and job management processes
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Seeing an Increase in Profitability
In order to implement better business practices, Ascent worked closely with the Carey Bros. team through various workshops focused on process mapping, which allows Ascent to identify potential redundancies that would lead to decreased efficiency levels, as well as capitalize on any existing areas of strength. By making collaborative adjustments regarding roles & responsibilities, Ascent helped maximize employee productivity and increase efficiency within the organization.
Additionally, Ascent created a bonus incentive program that rewarded employees for performance above expectations and meeting specific milestones or goals set by management. In hopes to address ‘pain points,’ this is projected to increase the overall gross margin to 40%.
Finally, Ascent integrated change management processes into their plans, which included communication strategies aimed at helping employees effectively adapt throughout periods of transition or high-stress times.
Immediate Effectiveness
Carey Bros. saw tremendous effects from their work with Ascent. Implementation of Ascent's recommendations enabled them to take work from sales to project close-out faster, increasing their project profitability by 15%.
By providing a detailed job description that was fully integrated with the new policies, procedures, and protocols, both current and future staff have a clear understanding of their roles and the how the company functions. In the end, Ascent assisted in the rolling out of the new Carey Bros. Employee Handbook, Safety Manual, online safety program and Verizon Connect.
Thanks to careful planning facilitated by Ascent Consulting and tremendous effort from the team at Carey Bros. Remodeling during this period of transition, they are able to continue offering the same quality home improvement services while operating at a higher level.
Meet the team on this project:
Adam Cooper
President
Greg Gorman
Senior Consultant
Carolyn Bahr
Senior Project Coordinator
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Operational Assessment
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We’ve developed a proprietary Comprehensive Operational Assessment based on our first-hand experience working with growing Construction Companies.
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Ascent's Operational Design
Profitability is directly related to repeatability: getting everyone in the organization to operate the same way.
When everyone is aligned and operating in unison, then it becomes easier to add people (superintendents, project managers, estimators, accountants, administrators) and achieve consistent and repeatable results.
By getting everyone aligned and operating from the same model of processes and systems, the business becomes more efficient and easier for owners to manage.